France

Category: Foreign

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"Les Enfants Terribles" director Jean-Pierre Melville made an impressive directing debut with this wartime drama set during the Nazi occupation of France. Based on a popular underground novel written at the time, the story follows a German officer as he is assigned to monitor a man and his niece--who rebel against his presence in their ... more

The unmistakable influence of scriptwriter Jean Cocteau is evident in Jean-Pierre Melville's atmospheric melodrama about a Parisian brother and sister and their friends, and how their forbidden relationships lead to tragic consequences. Nicole Stephane, Edouard Dermithe star in this favorite of director Quentin Tarantino. 106 min. Standard; ... more

Writer/director Jean-Pierre Melville ("Le Samourai") also stars in the central role of this atmospheric film noir, playing a journalist investigating the disappearance of a prominent French diplomat. Traveling through the seedier sections of New York City in search of clues, Melville and a morally compromised ... more

In Jean-Pierre Melville's stirring drama set in occupied France during World War II, a leftist-leaning widow falls in love with a young priest. She attempts to seduce him, but he deflects her attempts, forcing the relationship to become more complex. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva star. 117 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: ... more

"Breathless" leading man Jean-Paul Belmondo plays a boxer who agrees to use his muscle as a crooked businessman's (Charles Vanel) bodyguard. Their mutually profitable partnership begins to fray after they travel from France to America, where Belmondo sees opportunities to live a fuller life. Writer/director Jean-Pierre Melville's noir ... more

On the run after his escape from prison, gangster Gu (Lino Ventura) lands in Paris. A visit with his lover (Christine Fabrega) turns bloody when he kills two cohorts of the man who framed him 16 years earlier, but he'll have difficulty going on the run again unless he pulls off another job...which could land him in even greater peril. ... more

The moody and atmospheric French thriller from director Jean-Pierre Melville counts Quentin Tarantino and John Woo among its admirers. Alain Delon stars as Jef, a cool and detached hit man who works by his own version of the samurai Bushido, or code of honor, and is pursued by both the police and his own mob employer. With Francois ... more

Top-notch crime drama from Quentin Tarantino fave Jean-Pierre Melville ("Bob le Flambeur") stars Alain Delon as a cop who travels to a seaside town seeking the principals in a drug-smuggling operation. While searching for the criminals, he falls for lovely Catherine Deneuve, who happens to be the mistress of gang leader Richard Crenna. ... more

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